Sofia Forss
@sofiaforss.bsky.social
Evolutionary Biologist interested in Animal Behavior and Cognition, especially the interlink between socio-ecological factors, motivation and learning.
www.sofiaforss.com
www.sofiaforss.com
That’s our pups 🥰💪🏻
A longitudinal study tracked wild meerkat pups into sub-adulthood and found that cognitive abilities show distinct developmental trajectories: doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @sofiaforss.bsky.social #ProcB #cognition Image credit: Sara Joachim Mebe
September 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
That’s our pups 🥰💪🏻
What a ⭐️ opportunity ⭐️ to work with Chris👇🏼
🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition!
I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
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I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
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September 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
What a ⭐️ opportunity ⭐️ to work with Chris👇🏼
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Interested in joining the #RSOS editorial board? We seek enthusiastic & engaged Associate Editors who will perform a range of valuable tasks for the journal and the communities it serves. The application deadline is 30 October 2026. Find out more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/pages/e...
September 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Interested in joining the #RSOS editorial board? We seek enthusiastic & engaged Associate Editors who will perform a range of valuable tasks for the journal and the communities it serves. The application deadline is 30 October 2026. Find out more: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/pages/e...
Growing up demands the right cognitive toolkit at the right time 🧠
We show cognitive development over key life transitions from ontogeny to adulthood in wild meerkats. 🚨 Read our new findings👇🏼
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Great Thanks to @royalsocietypublishing.org @templetonworld.bsky.social @snsf.ch
We show cognitive development over key life transitions from ontogeny to adulthood in wild meerkats. 🚨 Read our new findings👇🏼
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Great Thanks to @royalsocietypublishing.org @templetonworld.bsky.social @snsf.ch
Cognitive abilities show distinct developmental trajectories in wild meerkats
Abstract. Understanding cognitive development is fundamental for explaining variation in adult cognitive phenotypes, and thus the processes driving cogniti
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September 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Growing up demands the right cognitive toolkit at the right time 🧠
We show cognitive development over key life transitions from ontogeny to adulthood in wild meerkats. 🚨 Read our new findings👇🏼
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Great Thanks to @royalsocietypublishing.org @templetonworld.bsky.social @snsf.ch
We show cognitive development over key life transitions from ontogeny to adulthood in wild meerkats. 🚨 Read our new findings👇🏼
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Great Thanks to @royalsocietypublishing.org @templetonworld.bsky.social @snsf.ch
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#ECBB2026 What can we learn from studying curiosity in animals? @sofiaforss.bsky.social shares her insights from primatology.
September 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
#ECBB2026 What can we learn from studying curiosity in animals? @sofiaforss.bsky.social shares her insights from primatology.
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Excited to be starting today as an Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. I look forward to working with the rest of the editorial and production team and, of course, authors to deliver a great experience and top quality science for a wonderful society journal. @asab.org @animbehsociety.bsky.social
August 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Excited to be starting today as an Executive Editor of Animal Behaviour. I look forward to working with the rest of the editorial and production team and, of course, authors to deliver a great experience and top quality science for a wonderful society journal. @asab.org @animbehsociety.bsky.social
Not biased at all, but 🇫🇮 may just be the best country to live in 🌲❄️☀️👇🏼
📢 Postdoc opportunity in interaction networks under global change @ University of Helsinki! The position includes leading fieldwork & analyses on seed dispersal networks & mentoring junior researchers.
Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
Apply by 30 Sept: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
#Postdoc #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation
jobs.helsinki.fi
August 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Not biased at all, but 🇫🇮 may just be the best country to live in 🌲❄️☀️👇🏼
Interested in animal urbanization and human wildlife co-existence, join our team this fall 👇🏼
🚨🐒Join the Urban Vervet Project!
We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa.
More info below 👇
@sofiaforss.bsky.social
We are currently looking for a research assistant to strengthen our on-site team at the beautiful Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa.
More info below 👇
@sofiaforss.bsky.social
July 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Interested in animal urbanization and human wildlife co-existence, join our team this fall 👇🏼
The annual Kalahari Research Centre conference in Zurich 2026. Always amazed by how many diverse research topics we cover at this truly unique site 🫶 @arispeshkin.bsky.social @animal-sounds.bsky.social @paniw.bsky.social @domcram.bsky.social @mathildemartin.bsky.social and all involved 🫶
July 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM
The annual Kalahari Research Centre conference in Zurich 2026. Always amazed by how many diverse research topics we cover at this truly unique site 🫶 @arispeshkin.bsky.social @animal-sounds.bsky.social @paniw.bsky.social @domcram.bsky.social @mathildemartin.bsky.social and all involved 🫶
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🚨*New Paper Alert*🚨 Excited to share our latest paper, published today in @asab.org, showing that #exploration and #problem-solving behaviours in #wild red #foxes are explained by length, not rate, of #urbanisation 🦊🧠🧩🌃 #CoexistProject
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Redirecting
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July 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
🚨*New Paper Alert*🚨 Excited to share our latest paper, published today in @asab.org, showing that #exploration and #problem-solving behaviours in #wild red #foxes are explained by length, not rate, of #urbanisation 🦊🧠🧩🌃 #CoexistProject
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Link to paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
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Alongside our colleagues working on capuchins, macaques and baboons, the UVP was holding a Symposium on Human-Primate Co-Existence at the European Federation of Primatology conference 2026 in Montpellier. 🐒
@efp2026.bsky.social
@efp2026.bsky.social
July 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Alongside our colleagues working on capuchins, macaques and baboons, the UVP was holding a Symposium on Human-Primate Co-Existence at the European Federation of Primatology conference 2026 in Montpellier. 🐒
@efp2026.bsky.social
@efp2026.bsky.social
🚨New primate urbanization paper🚨We looked at weather anthropogenic experiences link to within population innovativeness. Our new results from @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social can be found here 👇🏼 Behavioral flexibility and its drivers in semi-urban vervet monkeys academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Behavioral flexibility and its drivers in semi-urban vervet monkeys
Monkeys bring their own skills to the city. Urban animals are often seen as especially flexible or innovative—but do urban environments make them that way?
academic.oup.com
June 29, 2026 at 8:31 PM
🚨New primate urbanization paper🚨We looked at weather anthropogenic experiences link to within population innovativeness. Our new results from @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social can be found here 👇🏼 Behavioral flexibility and its drivers in semi-urban vervet monkeys academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
Very much impressed by the beautiful Princeton University and thankful for the invitation to Diverse Intelligence Summit 2026 hosted by the Natural and Artificial Minds center @divintelligence.bsky.social
June 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Very much impressed by the beautiful Princeton University and thankful for the invitation to Diverse Intelligence Summit 2026 hosted by the Natural and Artificial Minds center @divintelligence.bsky.social
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Just because a study is non‑invasive doesn't mean it's harmless. Observation, camera traps, etc – all can stress, habituate, or disturb wildlife. Rowe 2026 argues: No non‑invasive activity should be precluded from ethical review. #ResearchEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why Non-invasive Animal Studies Should Seek Ethical Review - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Internationally, there are inconsistencies between national, state and territory Codes, Acts and Regulations on the definition of animal and animal use for scientific purposes, particularly for non-in...
link.springer.com
May 8, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Just because a study is non‑invasive doesn't mean it's harmless. Observation, camera traps, etc – all can stress, habituate, or disturb wildlife. Rowe 2026 argues: No non‑invasive activity should be precluded from ethical review. #ResearchEthics
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Postdoc Opportunity! 4-year @royalsociety.org funded post
@uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust
@uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust
May 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Postdoc Opportunity! 4-year @royalsociety.org funded post
@uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust
@uniexecec.bsky.social: “Understanding the role of individual cognitive variation in reintroduction biology”. Closes: 5 June 2026. More info & to apply: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/78... Wt: @paradiseparkhayle.bsky.social & Wildwood Trust
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PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/
From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions, PhD (Funded) | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, is inviting applications for a 4-year PhD studentship (UK fees), ideally commencing Sept 2026.
www.exeter.ac.uk
April 29, 2026 at 11:31 AM
PhD Opportunity! 4-year funded PhD @uniexecec.bsky.social: “From cognition to conservation: using cognitive and behavioural research to enhance animal reintroductions”. Closes: 5 June 2026. Funding: @royalsociety.org (UK/Home students only). More info & to apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 1/
Isn’t Fieldwork the Best when you can share it with loved ones! This week, I had the privilege to show my family the Simbithi site of the @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social
April 23, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Isn’t Fieldwork the Best when you can share it with loved ones! This week, I had the privilege to show my family the Simbithi site of the @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social
We have an open MSc Project Position at the Urban Vervet Project, and are currently looking for a
motivated teammate to discover species interactions in a human altered environment 👇🏼 For more INFO👇🏼
motivated teammate to discover species interactions in a human altered environment 👇🏼 For more INFO👇🏼
April 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
We have an open MSc Project Position at the Urban Vervet Project, and are currently looking for a
motivated teammate to discover species interactions in a human altered environment 👇🏼 For more INFO👇🏼
motivated teammate to discover species interactions in a human altered environment 👇🏼 For more INFO👇🏼
Just have had the best “Kick-Off” to Field Season 2026 at the Kalahari Research Centre with an incredible talented team of Girl power 💪🏻 🙏🏻 Mijke, Nicole & Laura
April 15, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Just have had the best “Kick-Off” to Field Season 2026 at the Kalahari Research Centre with an incredible talented team of Girl power 💪🏻 🙏🏻 Mijke, Nicole & Laura
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We are offering two 4-year PhD positions in our new SNF project "The Evolutionary Roots of Altercentrism"
April 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We are offering two 4-year PhD positions in our new SNF project "The Evolutionary Roots of Altercentrism"
Congratulations @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ✨ I am looking forward to work with you on individuals and societies 🙌🏼
Proud to have received a grant from the @ZuKo Institute for Advanced Study of the @unikonstanz. With this #interdisciplinary #collaborative #project 2026, I will work with Cristian Pasquaretta, Adrian Jaeggi (@jaeggiadrian.bsky.social) and Sofia Forss (@sofiaforss.bsky.social) on "Individual […]
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April 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Congratulations @krisanathema.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy ✨ I am looking forward to work with you on individuals and societies 🙌🏼
I fully second @katelaskowski.bsky.social on this aspect, science writing is defining our relationship to our work and I also think creative writing is a valuable skill for students to learn (and enjoy!). Don’t get lazy - thrive in your creativity 🤟🏼🙌🏼
I do not use AI for writing. I like writing. Why would I farm out my favorite part of my job to a gdamn robot who takes no joy from it?
I only use AI for my wow-I'm-a-professional-scientist-and-I-still-don't-know-how-a-science-thing questions like "What are magnets and how do they work?"
I only use AI for my wow-I'm-a-professional-scientist-and-I-still-don't-know-how-a-science-thing questions like "What are magnets and how do they work?"
I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines.
Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."
Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."
April 1, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I fully second @katelaskowski.bsky.social on this aspect, science writing is defining our relationship to our work and I also think creative writing is a valuable skill for students to learn (and enjoy!). Don’t get lazy - thrive in your creativity 🤟🏼🙌🏼
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📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us
❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world
👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity
📆19th April deadline
tinyurl.com/343acaev
#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia
🙏PLEASE SHARE
❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world
👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity
📆19th April deadline
tinyurl.com/343acaev
#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia
🙏PLEASE SHARE
March 27, 2026 at 3:43 PM
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us
❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world
👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity
📆19th April deadline
tinyurl.com/343acaev
#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia
🙏PLEASE SHARE
❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world
👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity
📆19th April deadline
tinyurl.com/343acaev
#maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia
🙏PLEASE SHARE
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Our latest newsletter from the field is out — projects & troops updates 💡
Enjoy the read!
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Enjoy the read!
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March 6, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Our latest newsletter from the field is out — projects & troops updates 💡
Enjoy the read!
urbanvervetproject.weebly.com/newsmonthly-...
Enjoy the read!
urbanvervetproject.weebly.com/newsmonthly-...
This is THE Summer school you want to do: expand your knowledge and your view on intelligence whilst getting to network across disciplines and inspiring people ⭐️🤟🏼👇🏼
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Applications for the 2026 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!!
Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply!
More info: disi.org
Applications for the 2026 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!!
Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply!
More info: disi.org
March 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is THE Summer school you want to do: expand your knowledge and your view on intelligence whilst getting to network across disciplines and inspiring people ⭐️🤟🏼👇🏼